DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.6 - - 74.7 - - 71.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 199 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6133 - - 6807 - - 3000 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5263 - - 5536 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7022 - - 7696 - - 3889 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 945 - - 1135 - - 5105 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 520 - - 460 - - 130 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 5 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 004 - - 349 - - 084 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 35 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 317 - - 82 - - -2295 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6705 - - 7614 - - 6184 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -302 - - -7583 - - -3282 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7324 - - 15279 - - 7171 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 82 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.6 - - 74.7 - - 71.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.4 - - 44.5 - - 47.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.7 - - 73.5 - - 71.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.2 - - 43.2 - - 46.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 199 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6133 - - 6807 - - 3000 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 30 - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99695 26 094 28 079 33 087 99695 92154 26 095 27 082 28 084 92154 86358 23 096 26 086 23 085 86358 81542 23 084 21 095 20 082 81542 77380 20 075 22 085 20 074 77380 73703 15 083 12 059 20 052 73703 70370 15 094 9 110 7 037 70370 67308 8 054 8 078 8 021 67308 64481 4 074 5 028 11 002 64481 61759 11 006 14 308 17 322 61759 58929 21 335 13 289 21 306 58929 55985 30 314 25 305 31 301 55985 53176 49 308 45 314 43 306 53176 50671 64 295 64 305 62 306 50671 48443 65 289 73 294 73 303 48443 46424 73 302 81 298 87 303 46424 44575 92 309 94 302 99 304 44575 42859 103 302 100 301 100 303 42859 41251 99 299 102 301 98 303 41251 39740 96 298 101 300 97 302 39740 38316 95 298 98 298 97 300 38316 36943 94 298 95 298 98 298 36943 35551 95 299 95 299 95 298 35551 34108 97 301 95 300 89 296 34108 32612 97 302 92 298 87 296 32612 31049 93 300 91 295 87 296 31049 29403 93 297 92 296 86 299 29403 27677 95 297 91 298 85 301 27677 25873 85 298 87 301 78 303 25873 24002 69 298 71 304 63 306 24002 22072 52 302 55 305 45 305 22072 20069 44 302 43 306 37 306 20069 17979 37 303 36 309 30 310 17979 15843 26 295 31 313 26 311 15843 13782 23 294 26 312 25 311 13782 11909 22 311 25 313 24 310 11909 10258 20 315 20 316 20 312 10258 8815 12 323 9*337 10 317 8815 7542 9*004 8*360 8 324 7542 6408 9*008 8 358 7 320 6408 5401 9 008 8 357 5 322 5401 4512 9 007 8 352 2*347 4512 3725 9 005 8 348 2*061 3725 3020 9 004 8 345 5 082 3020 2396 9 002 8 341 6 085 2396 1876 9 000 8 339 6 087 1876 1476 8 359 8 337 6 086 1476 1201 8 359 7 336 6 087 1201 1033 7 359 7 336 6 086 1033 937 6 358 6 334 5 087 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography